Sabrina the Teenage Witch (film)
| Sabrina The Teenage Witch | |
 The VHS cover for this film. |
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| Directed by | Tibor Takács |
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| Starring | Melissa Joan Hart Sherry Miller Charlene Fernetz Michelle Beaudoin Ryan Reynolds Tobias Mehler Lalainia Lindbjerg Michelle Beaudoin |
| Distributed by | Viacom Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 7, 1996 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998) |
Sabrina The Teenage Witch is a movie adaptation from the Archie Comics, it spawned the Sabrina The Teenage Witch TV series, that was released to American theaters on April 7, 1996. The film is rated PG by the MPAA for thematic elements. The tagline for this film is Do Homework, Buy Prom Dress, Learn How to Fly.
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Plot
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The movie centers around Sabrina Sawyer who is sent to live with her eccentric aunts in Riverdale. On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina discovers that she is a witch. Sabrina develops a crush on Seth, the cutest boy in school who happens to be dating Katie La More, the Queen Bee of the school. Sabrina has to find a way to use her newly discovered magical power to get Seth to notice her, but at the same time not cast a love spell, which could backfire on her.
After Katie dumps Seth, he starts to notice Sabrina. Sabrina is able to use her magic to win a track competition and get Seth to ask her to the Spring fling. Katie discovers Sabrina's secret and sets out to let everyone know what Sabrina is. Sabrina has to use her magic to turn Katie into a dog to stop her.
All the while, Harvey likes Sabrina and waits to see if she will have a change of heart and start to notice him. The story ends happily with Sabrina and Harvey together and with Katie, not a dog, and back with Seth.
Cast
- Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Sawyer
- Sherry Miller as Aunt Hilda
- Charlene Fernetz as Aunt Zelda
- Michelle Beaudoin as Marnie Littlefield
- Ryan Reynolds as Seth
- Tobias Mehler as Harvey
- Lalainia Lindbjerg as Katie La More
- Laura Harris as Freddie
- Kea Wong as Fran
- Jo Bates as Coach
- Janine Cox as Sales Clerk
- Biski Gugushe as Larry
- Tyler Labine as Mark
- Jim Swansburg as Mr. Dingle
- Noel Geer as Jeff
Differences to the television series
- In the film Sabrina's last name is Sawyer and not Spellman as in the TV Show.
- In the film Sabrina lives in Riverdale (same as Archie Andrews in the comics) and in the TV show lives in Westbridge.
- In the TV show she uses her finger to cast spells, but in the film, she just needs the power of her mind.
- In the film both her parents are witches, while in the TV series her father is a witch and her mother is mortal (non-witch)
- In the film Katie takes the part as the antagonist, while in the series it is Libby.
- Michelle Beaudoin plays Marnie, Sabrina's unintelligent and unpopular friend (although still quirky), whereas in the first season of the TV series, her character (also Sabrina's best friend) is called Jenny, is quite clever and is rather quirky.
- Harvey is "nerdy" in the film whereas in the TV series, he is more of a "jock". Sabrina and Jenny are nerdy in the TV series, whereas in the film, they are jocks.
- In the TV series Aunt Hilda is the rather reckless, and somewhat unintelligent "fun Aunt" and Aunt Zelda is much more brilliant and serious, although still fun at times. In the film, both witches are quite clever, but Hilda is much more serious than Zelda.
- The person who plays Salem's voice is different
- In the TV sitcom Salem is much more self centered and was turned into a cat for attempting to take over the world, while in the movie Salem is much more sophisticated and turned into a cat for kissing someone who did not truly love him.
- With the exception of Sabrina and Marnie/Jenny everyone in both the sitcom and movie are played by different actors. For example Harvey, Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda.
- In tv series, Sabrina is told she is a witch before she goes to school. In the movie she goes to school without knowing she is a witch, but finds out the night of her 16th brithday by finding the spell book. In the series the aunts gave her the book.
- In the movie Sabrina had a surprize brithday party with everyone from school, in the series it was only the aunts and Salem.
- In the movie Sabrina already knows Marnie/Jenny, which in the series she meets Jenny for the first time.
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